Prelim/Prepress Operator 1

RR Donnelley•Timonium, MD

11h•$19 - $27•Onsite

About The Position

RRD is a leading global provider of marketing, packaging, print, and supply chain solutions that elevate engagement across the complete customer journey. The company offers the industry’s most trusted portfolio of creative execution and world-wide business process consulting, with services designed to lower environmental impact. With 22,000 clients, including 93% of the Fortune 100, and 32,000 employees across 28 countries, RRD brings the expertise, execution, and scale designed to transform customer touchpoints into meaningful moments of impact. This role involves reviewing electronic files received from clients for thoroughness and completeness before the plate making process. The operator will manipulate print job formats using desktop publishing software, determine page layouts, and identify and communicate any missing or problematic components to relevant personnel. They will also load customer-supplied electronic files for output and create electronic images for manufacturing proofs.

Requirements

Must be able to work with various graphic design and layout software applications commonly used on Mac's and PC's
Good understanding of digital file formats (pdf, tiff, eps) from different operating systems (Mac and PC) is required
Basic color management skills and the ability to work with different digital formats are required
Must have the ability to output digital files to various output devices
Must have the ability to continue to learn and use new graphics software on an ongoing basis
Must have an understanding of the offset printing process and how one color affects another
Mechanical skills using small hand tools in order to make minor repairs and perform maintenance on a flatbed scanner, image setter, and automated film processing equipment is required

Nice To Haves

Experience with files that go to Digital Presses and/or Litho Presses ideal

Responsibilities

Review electronic files that are received from clients and check them for thoroughness and completeness in advance of the plate making process
Using desktop publishing software manipulate the format of the print job to the dimensions of the paper
Determine page layout, accounting for folds, trims, bleeds and gripper, and add crop marks and color bars as necessary
Identify missing or problematic components and communicate them to the Customer Service Reps, customer(s), and production personnel
Work directly with Customer Service Reps, customer(s), and production personnel as necessary to work out any problems with the job
Load customer supplied electronic files for output, onto the Pre-Press file server
Create an electronic image of the pages to create manufacturing proofs used by the Press and Bind operators during the manufacturing process
May prepare color proofs for customer review